Melissa Murray: Reclaim the Constitution
5/5/202654 min
Our Constitution is about limited government and restraining the power of the state, but we've got a president asserting powers he lawfully doesn't have, a Supreme Court that largely helps him do so, and a Republican Congress that's just dozing through it all. Americans need a refresher on how our government is supposed to work under the Constitution. Plus, the mifepristone case has brought abortion politics roaring back in time for the midterms, Trump is creating his own libel rules and circumventing press freedoms, and no, SCOTUS, the 14th and 15th Amendments were not designed to be colorblind on the matter of voting rights.
Melissa Murray joins Tim Miller.
show notes
- Melissa's new annotated guide to the Constitution
- Melissa's "Strict Scrutiny" podcast
- The NYT on the Supreme Court's shadow docket
- Tickets for our Bulwark Live shows in San Diego on 5/20 and in LA on 5/21: TheBulwark.com/Events
- Exclusive $25-off Carver Mat athttps://on.auraframes.com/BULWARK. Promo Code THEBULWARK
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Melissa Murray· Guest0:10
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Speaker 00:11
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Melissa Murray· Guest0:12
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Melissa Murray· Guest0:16
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Melissa Murray· Guest0:20
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Tim Miller· Host0:59
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to the Bullard Podcast. I'm your host, Tim Miller. Glad to welcome back to the show professor at NYU Law School, co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, and author of a new explainer on the Constitution, The US Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader. It is out today. She is